Tens of thousands of drivers sitting on restricted and learner licences will soon get a Government hurry-up to qualify properly - or risk losing the right to drive.

Drivers are flouting the ban on hand-held cellphones - new figures show a phone-related car crash almost every two days, dozens of injuries and five deaths last year.

A new mum said goodbye to her 4-month-old daughter and left for work - 10 minutes later she died in a car crash.

A woman killed in a crash near Raglan yesterday was the mother of a four-month-old child, police said today.

One in three road deaths are caused by speeding, young and repeat drunk drivers, according to a new report released by Transport Minister Steven Joyce.

Police are urging people to adjust their driving to wet conditions after a fatal crash this morning.

Ten people were hurt in three separate crashes on a notorious stretch of highway in just six hours yesterday.

A decorated soldier's family have spoken of their grief at his death in a crash that broke every rule.

A horror crash north of Tauranga which killed three people was "like a war zone", police say.